| dc.contributor.author | MCALLISTER, Ian | |
| dc.contributor.author | ROSE, Richard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-09T14:13:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-09T14:13:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Richard ROSE (ed.), How referendums challenge European democracy : Brexit and beyond, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 77-99 | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9783030441166 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9783030441173 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/67355 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Voting behaviour is about how individuals cast ballots, but elections differ in the political issues that are at stake: control of government or making a decision about a major issue of policy. Electoral institutions also differ in how they translate votes into victory for one side or the other (Rose 1974: 9). The institutional differences between a referendum and a parliamentary election are categorical. In a referendum, an individual is asked to make a choice about an issue, and the outcome is a politically binding decision in favour of the policy that wins an absolute majority. By contrast, in a British parliamentary election, an individual votes for a party candidate; the outcome is then translated into MPs’ seats, and the outcome is that the party with the most seats gains control of government. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | en |
| dc.title | When institutions and issues change, voting changes | en |
| dc.type | Contribution to book | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-3-030-44117-3_5 | |